Day 005 – 5/29/11 – Inspiration Point to Walnut Creek

Distance = 17.5 Miles; Elevation Change > 3800 Feet Lo Elevation = 92; Hi Elevation = 1245 A high school classmate of mine, Leslie McCormick Melody, joined us for the first 13 miles. She might have felt we played a … Continue reading

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Day 004 – 5/28/11 – Ferry Terminal to Inspiration Point

Distance = 23 miles (7 via ferry); Elevation changes > 2600 feet Lo Elevation = 3; Hi Elevation = 1799 I conducted my first interview with Dennis Hale, President of the Castro Lions Club and manager of the Hayes Valley … Continue reading

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Day 003 – 5/27/11 – Pantoll Campground to Ferry Terminal

Distance = 19.7 miles; Elevation Change > 4670 feet Lo Elevation = 3; Hi Elevation = 1525 Still Alive and Well   “Still alive and well, still alive and well, every now and then it’s a little hard to tell … Continue reading

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Day 002 – 5/26/11 – Randall Trailhead, CA Route 1 to Pantoll CG

Distance = 13.3 miles; Elevation Change > 1730 feet Lo Elevation = 410; Lo Elevation = 1838 We started off going through forests of large cedars and hemlock.  That was followed by traversing for miles across open meadows in an … Continue reading

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Day 001 – 5/25/11 – Point Reyes, CA to Randall Trailhead, CA Route 1

Day 001 – 5/25/11 – Point Reyes, CA to Randall Trailhead, Rt. 1 Distance = 17.0 miles; Elevation Change > 2010 feet Lo Elevation = 0; Hi Elevation = 751 Journeys and Destinations In a younger day our auspicious start … Continue reading

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Day minus 1 – Team Humanity

This site refers to the Hiking Humanitarian in the singular, but in reality I am part of a team.  I’ve been remiss in not introducing Team Humanity until now. Team Humanity will spread a message across the country for people … Continue reading

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Day minus 2 – Rest Areas

The rest area right at the highest point of I-80 in Wyoming is the best one I’ve seen. It’s more museum than rest area, a tribute to the Lincoln Highway, a highway across America that was conceived decades before the … Continue reading

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Day minus 3 – Windmills

We are traveling west on I-80 approaching the Continental Divide in Wyoming as I type this. Interstate signs are warning about gusts up to 45 mph and giving advisories to light trailers (that’s us). Meanwhile acres of wind turbines spin … Continue reading

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Day minus 4 – Sweat Odor

We drove from Ohio to St. Louis in daylight and a reprieve from the rain. By the time we hit Illinois the temperatures were up around 80 with high humidity, ideal conditions for odors to percolate. We drove from Ohio … Continue reading

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The Start

In general there will be a lag time between our ADT experiences and our posts, but here is a shot of us at the start of the journey, facing into driving rains and temperatures in the forties.

An Auspicious Start

We were going to start the journey by dipping our toes into the Pacific, but we chose to dip our hands instead.

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